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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Lennon, Lynn Creator Dates/Places: American, born 1928 Creator Name-CRT: Lynn Lennon Title: Untitled View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1985 Creation End Date: 1985 Creation Date: 1985 Object Type: Photographs Materials and Techniques: black and white photograph Dimensions: Overall: 11 x 13 15/16 in. (27.94 x 35.41 cm.) AMICA Contributor: Dallas Museum of Art Owner Location: Dallas, Texas, USA ID Number: 1988.38 Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Homer B. Jester Fund Copyright: ? Lynn Lennon Rights: http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org Context: Charles Willson Peale is credited with establishing Philadelphia as a center of portraiture for the new Republic, a tradition ably continued by his brother, his children, and later contemporaries, notably Thomas Sully. Peale was apprenticed to a saddler at age nine, but his broad interests and restless curiosity pushed him to explore science and art. A fascination with painting led him to seek lessons with local artist John Hesselius, and in 1763 Peale advertised himself as a painter. From 1767 to 1769 he studied in England with the expatriate Benjamin West, the only American artist to become president of the Royal Academy. Peale returned to America in time to join the Sons of Liberty and winter with the Continental army at Valley Forge.During the economic recession that followed the Revolution, Peale traveled extensively in Maryland and Pennsylvania seeking patronage. In December 1790 he began this portrait of Rachel Leeds Kerr, wife of Lt. David Kerr, a member of the House of Delegates and a justice of the peace in Talbot County, Maryland. Peale's rendering of Rachel Kerr reflects the late-eighteenth-century emphasis on the wife and mother as the head of the household. Dressed in her finest clothing and seated in a carved wooden chair, she looks out with a calm, contented smile, her arms resting on the chair and nearby table. Her elaborate headdress, embroidered shawl, fan, and handkerchief bespeak family comforts and nominal wealth; through the window sheep graze on the family property. Her tilted, oval face and pleasant expression are hallmarks of Peale's style, as are the careful draftsmanship and delicate brushwork."Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection," page 218 AMICA ID: DMA_.1988.38 AMICA Library Year: 2003 Media Metadata Rights: AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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